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. 2018 Oct 10;7(12):1280–1287. doi: 10.1530/EC-18-0215

Table 2.

Summary of characteristics of the 28 patients at diagnosis of CD.

All 15F/13M op’DDD group TSS group op’DDD vs TSS
N 28 9 13
Age (year (s.d.)) 12.1 (2.2) 12.0 (1.5) 12.0 (2.6) NS
Height (z-score (s.d.)) −1.7 (1.6) −0.8 (1.2) −2.2 (1.4) NS
Growth velocity (z-score) (s.d.)) −4.0 (0.9) −3.7 (0.9) −4.1 (0.9) NS
BMI (z-score (s.d.)) 2.6 (2.2) 2.3 (1.4) 21 (1.4) NS
MPC (µg/dL (s.d.)) N < 3.5 18.9 (6.2) 16.8 (5.7) 17.6 (5.8) NS
UFC (µg/24 h (s.d.)) N < 60 285 (148) 263 (159) 268 (140) NS
ACTH (pg/mL (s.d.)) N 10–60 48.5 (35.7) 68.8 (53.6) 64.2 (52) NS

Mitotane group: nine patients who received more than 6 months of mitotane at initial presentation. TSS group: 13 patients cured by transsphenoidal surgery.

BMI, body mass index; GV, growth velocity; MPC, midnight plasma cortisol; NS, means are not significantly different; UFC, urinary free cortisol.